World Employment and Social Outlook : Trends for Women 2017.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office, International Labour.

Series:

World Employment and Social Outlook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment (Economic theory).

Unemployment--21st century.

Unemployment.

Physical Description:

a 1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Genève 22 : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2017.

Summary:

This report analyses the situation of women in the world of work today and their progress over the past 20 years. It examines the global and regional labour market trends and gaps, including in labour force participation rates, unemployment rates, employment status as well as sectoral and occupational segregation.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

1. Gender gaps in the labour market: Trends and impacts of improving outcomes for women

Introduction

1.1 Labour force participation

1.2 Unemployment

1.3 Gender gaps in sectoral and occupational opportunities

1.4 Status in employment

1.5 Gaps in income

1.6 Economic benefits of reducing gender gaps

2. Assessing the factors driving gender gaps in the labour market

2.1 Understanding the gender gaps: Descriptive evidence and analytical framework

2.2 Preferences, gender role conformity and socio-economic constraints:An empirical assessment

2.3 Decomposing gender gaps in the workplace

2.4 Concluding remarks

3. Policy considerations

3.1 Reshaping gender role conformity and personal preferences

3.2 Addressing socio-economic constraints

3.3 Raising equality in labour market conditions

3.4 Moving forward

Appendices

Appendix A. Regional, country and income groupings

Appendix B. Labour market estimates, projections and scenarios

Appendix C. Estimating female labour force participation

Appendix D. Decomposing gender gaps in employment relationships

Appendix E. Gender breakdown of key labour market indicators

References.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Contains:

International Labour Office, issuing body.

ISBN:

9789221308348

9221308340

OCLC:

1334891800